#59

Very Beautiful French Bisque Portrait Bebe by Jumeau
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$16,000
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19" (48 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head with very pale complexion, wide almond shaped eye sockets, blue spiral threaded eyes, dark eye liner, painted lashes, brush-stroked and multi-feathered brows, mauve blushed eye shadow, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with pale outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body, straight wrists, wearing lovely antique midnight-blue velvet dress with lace collar, undergarments, stockings, leather boots. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 9 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1878. Value Points: gorgeous early bebe by Jumeau with entrancing expression and superb pale bisque enhanced by subtle blush.